Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 28.10.2021 at 06


Warning
In the Velebit Channel, still in the morning also in the far south of the Adriatic likely gusts of NE wind 35-45 knots. During the night a low risk of fog in places.
Synopsis
The ridge of high from the European mainland is stationary across the Adriatic whereas the center of the Mediterranean low keeps staying southwards Sicily.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
NE, in the open sea also N wind 6-16, towards midday gradually decreasing to 4-12 and then turning to NW wind. In the Velebit Channel and in the far south of the Adriatic NE wind 12-22 knots, in the afternoon in the far south decreasing to 6-16 knots. The sea 2-3, still initially 3-4 in the Velebit Channel but during the day calming to 1-2 in a major part of the Adriatic, except in the far south and in the Velebit Channel. Visibility 10-20 km, towards late in the day and at night locally reduced to about 2 km due to mist and at night possibly also reduced to less than 1 km due to fog. Mostly clear skies.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Light NW wind but in the far south and in the north of the Adriatic light to moderate NE wind, also fresh locally in the Velebit Channel. The sea smooth but slight locally in the far south and north of the Adriatic and in the Velebit Channel. Mostly clear skies but with mist in places and a low risk of fog.
PMC - Split

Douglas scale
State of the sea Description Waves average height (m)
0 calm (glassy) 0
1 calm (rippled) 0 - 0.1
2 smooth 0.1 - 0.5
3 slight 0.5 - 1.2
4 moderate 1.25 - 2.5
5 rough 2.5 - 4
6 very rough 4 - 6
7 high 6 - 9
8 very high 9 - 14
9 phenomenal > 14

Beaufort scale
Wind speed Waves height
km/h m/s kt mph m ft
0 Bf calm < 1 0 - 0.2 < 1 < 1 - -
1 Bf light air 1 - 5 0.3 - 1.5 1 - 3 1-3 0.1 (0.1) 0.25 (0.25)
2 Bf light breeze 6 - 11 1.6 - 3.3 4 - 6 4 - 7 0.2 (0.3) 0.5 (1)
3 Bf gentle breeze 12 - 19 3.4 - 5.4 7 - 10 8 - 12 0.6 (1) 2 (3)
4 Bf moderate breeze 20 - 28 5.5 - 7.9 11 - 16 13 - 18 1 (1.5) 3.5 (5)
5 Bf fresh breeze 29 - 38 8.0 - 10.7 17 - 21 19 - 24 2 (2.5) 6 (8.5)
6 Bf strong breeze 39 - 49 10.8 - 13.8 22 - 27 25 - 31 3 (4) 9.5 (13)
7 Bf near gale 50 - 61 13.9 - 17.1 28 - 33 32 - 38 4 (5.5) 13.5 (19)
8 Bf gale 62 - 74 17.2 - 20.7 34 - 40 39 - 46 5.5 (7.5) 18 (25)
9 Bf strong gale 75 - 88 20.8 - 24.4 41 - 47 47 - 54 7 (10) 23 (32)
10 Bf storm 89 - 102 24.5 - 28.4 48 - 55 55 - 63 9 (12.5) 29 (41)
11 Bf violent storm 103 - 117 28.5 - 32.6 56 - 63 64 - 72 11.5 (16) 37 (52)
12 Bf hurricane >= 118 >= 32.7 >= 64 >= 73 14 (-) 45 (-)

Adriatic sub-basins